Famous Lines by Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is a well known American actor, musician, director, producer as well as politician. He has directed several Academy Award winning films. Some of his popular quotes are listed below.
- “You should never give up your inner self.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Go ahead, make my day” - Clint Eastwood
- “A good man always knows his limitations” - Clint Eastwood
- “It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.” - Clint Eastwood
- “The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.” - Clint Eastwood
- “People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.” - Clint Eastwood
- “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?” - Clint Eastwood
- “The clock’s ticking, Pops, and I’m only getting older.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I know what you’re thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knees. Does he have any left? Well, to tell you the truth in all the excitement, I kind of lost track myself…” - Clint Eastwood
- “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” - Clint Eastwood
- “The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves — it’s just a question of finding the subject.” - Clint Eastwood
- “We boil at different degrees.” - Clint Eastwood
- “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.” - Clint Eastwood
- “My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.” - Clint Eastwood
- “They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.” - Clint Eastwood
- “This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Men must know their limitations.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I’d like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person 10 years from now than I am today. I think that, for all of us, as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.” - Clint Eastwood
- “We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has” - Clint Eastwood
- “There are two kinds of people in this world. ‘I’ people and ‘we’ people. I’ve always tried to be a ‘we’ person.” - Clint Eastwood
- “My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It’s a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” - Clint Eastwood
- “It’s a very confusing era that we’re in.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Every story has its demands.” - Clint Eastwood
- “A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.” - Clint Eastwood
- “It’s always fun to talk about jazz.” - Clint Eastwood
- “When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?” - Clint Eastwood
- “Every movie I make teaches me something. That’s why I keep making them.” - Clint Eastwood
- “There’s only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I’ll get married again.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he’s going to need it. It’s going to be difficult for him.” - Clint Eastwood
- “It was sort of the beginning of celebrity in a way. They felt the heroes were all the people who died over there. They felt terrible about being singled out.” - Clint Eastwood
- “There’s a rebel lying deep in my soul.” - Clint Eastwood
- “What you put into life is what you get out of it.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the greatest respect for him and all the films he’s done over the years.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.” - Clint Eastwood
- “My whole life has been one big improvisation.” - Clint Eastwood
- “In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.” - Clint Eastwood
- “He played the tour because he loved the game, but he loved to play percentage golf, Miller said.” - Clint Eastwood
- “I’m interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Ten Million Dollar Baby.” - Clint Eastwood
- “There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.” - Clint Eastwood
- “If you think it’s going to rain, it will.” - Clint Eastwood
- “Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, I wouldn’t say it’s about shooting people. I’d say it’s the quality that stimulates people, that enables them to move ahead and look beyond themselves.” - Clint Eastwood
- “In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.” - Clint Eastwood
Above are some of the well known lines by Clint Eastwood. If you have more quotes by Clint Eastwood do share them in the comments section.
